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Estimation of carbon balance components for an agricultural landscape in South Korea
(2011)
The goal of our work is to evaluate as far as possible carbon budget components for an agriculturally dominated landscape in South Korea. In the last decades, rapid changes of land use and land cover due to economic ...
Effects of television on academic performance and languages acquisition of pre-school children
(IJERN, 2011-11)
Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence their academic and social behaviour.
Though television has been used to play a monumental role in promotion of education and ...
The isolation of leishmanial parasites from domestic goats and wild hosts in Kenya and the possible role of goats as reservoirs of leishmaniases
(International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 2011-09-01)
Screening of leishmanial parasites from domestic and wild animals was carried out in Kacheliba, West Pokot District. Spleens and livers of the animals were cultured in NNN diphasic medium. Thin smears of the same tissues ...
Quality of education offered to children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in the era of free primary education (FPE) in rural Kenya: Perspectives of educationists, teachers and parents
(Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
The education of children with special educational needs (SEN) has been a focus of international inquiry. There is a strong advocacy for the inclusion of children with SEN in regular schools although this remains contentious ...
CD23b isoform expression in human schistosomiasis identifies a novel subset of activated B cells
(American Society for Microbiology, 2011)
Resistance to schistosomiasis is associated with increased levels of serum parasite-specific IgE. IgE exerts its functions through its cellular receptors, FcεRI and FcεRII/CD23; however, its functional significance requires ...
Decreased prevalence of anemia in highland areas of low malaria transmission after a 1-Year interruption of transmission
(Oxford University Press, 2011-11-03)
Background. Malaria control campaigns have reduced malaria transmission to very low levels in many areas of Africa. Yet the extent to which malaria interruption or elimination might decrease the prevalence of anemia in ...
Government capital spending and financing and its impact on private investment in Kenya: 1964-2006
(The African Economic Research Consortium, 2011)
This paper examines the relationship between public investment and its financing on private investment in Kenya for the period 1964-2006. Using an error correction framework and time series data for the fiscal years ...
Synthesis, mosquito repellence and apoptotic activity of functionalized monoterpenes.
(2011-07)
The investigations whose results are reported in this Thesis involved the synthesis of variously functionalized p-methane based epoxides, hydroxylated derivatives, β-amino alcohols, β-hydroxy sulphides and C-gycosidic ...
COGNITION AND LEARNING PROCESS
(JOOUST, 2011)